Hello Listers, Santa delivered the BMSGH publications Staffordshire Monumental Inscriptions and Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions CD's which I have been after for some time. However now that I come to use them, the old issue of not knowing the Geography of the area raises its head, and I don't know where to start looking - particularly for my COOPER's and SHAW's. It's a bit easier for my SPITTLE's although surprisingly there seems to be a lack of graves with that family despite their supposed potential for them to be prosperous through Nail Factoring and Rove making. Therefore I need a bit of assistance on the Geography. My Cooper's lived in Quarry Bank - what would be likely Churchyards/Cemeteries for them to be buried in post 1901 please? My Shaw's lived in Netherton, Rowley Regis and Kingswinford - again which Churchyards covered these areas please? Finally I note that the total monumental inscriptions for both County cd's is over 244,000 on both cd's suggesting that it is possible that not everyone had a gravestone or that the stones have been lost over time due to erosion and vandalism. What is the predominant rock used for Gravestones in the area? Is it likely that stones erected during the C19th and earlier would have survived to be recorded? So far out of a high number names in my tree from these parts, I have found just one MI on both CDs! There must be more on them but knowing where to look as always seems to be the case in this area of small compact parishes spread over two counties spilt by a meandering river is the hard part! John R G Bland Spalding

Cassy If you put "turning on spell checker Outlook Express" into a Google search it tells you there is no spell checker with Outlook Express. I would think you had a separate spell checker installed and will have to do the same again. Steve Basterfield Researching Basterfields everywhere. -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 12/28/09 07:59:56 To: [email protected] Subject: ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Digest, Vol 4, Issue 188 Today's Topics: 1. Spelling non gem and Messegers (cassy) 2. Re: Spelling non gem and Messegers (David Leach) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:54:09 -0000 From: "cassy" <[email protected]> Subject: [Black Country] Spelling non gem and Messegers To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi All Well it seemed I have been chucked off the list with out me knowing it , and it was not due to a full mail box just my server , which I willl be phoning them to complain >From what I have gathered off Dave's email Some of you sent me messages about my spelling which I did not get and thank you to everyone , I have tried going in to tools and opions but nothing is highlighted to click on to and spelling is missing so not sure what to do and I have always used Outlook Express , it must be down to having my compluter all stripped and some of the programs not going back on properly Thank you to everyone who tried to help and May I wish all of You a Happy New Year Cassy Cassy Franklin List Owner Griffiths , List Admin BC, Wolverhampton , Potteries ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:50:52 -0000 From: "David Leach" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Black Country] Spelling non gem and Messegers To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Hello Cassy, If you're still missing the OE Spell checker, this is what I found on another list: "You no longer have spell checking capabilities in some languages in Outlook Express 6.0 after you install the 2007 Microsoft Office system: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932974 If you have a previous version Office 2003 install CD then the easiest way to return the OE spell checker that you had as the default is to install the Proofing Tools from Office 2003 http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2006/20061228.htm Outlook Express cannot use the MS Word spell check in Office 2007. Downloading a free spell check is the simplest way around this. Vampirefo Spell Check from Major Geeks: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952 Hope this helps, David. ----- Original Message ----- From: "cassy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 11:54 AM Subject: [Black Country] Spelling non gem and Messegers > Hi All > Well it seemed I have been chucked off the list > with out me knowing it , and it was not due to a full > mail box just my server , which I willl be phoning them > to complain >>From what I have gathered off Dave's email Some of you sent > me messages about my spelling which I did not get > and thank you to everyone , I have tried going in to tools and opions > but nothing is highlighted to click on to and spelling is missing so > not sure what to do and I have always used Outlook Express , it must > be down to having my compluter all stripped and some of the programs > not going back on properly > Thank you to everyone who tried to help > and May I wish all of You a Happy New Year > Cassy > > Cassy Franklin > List Owner Griffiths , > List Admin > BC, Wolverhampton , Potteries > ------------------------------------- > The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run > by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ To contact the ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Digest, Vol 4, Issue 188 *************************************************

Hello Cassy, If you're still missing the OE Spell checker, this is what I found on another list: "You no longer have spell checking capabilities in some languages in Outlook Express 6.0 after you install the 2007 Microsoft Office system: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932974 If you have a previous version Office 2003 install CD then the easiest way to return the OE spell checker that you had as the default is to install the Proofing Tools from Office 2003 http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2006/20061228.htm Outlook Express cannot use the MS Word spell check in Office 2007. Downloading a free spell check is the simplest way around this. Vampirefo Spell Check from Major Geeks: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2952 Hope this helps, David. ----- Original Message ----- From: "cassy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 11:54 AM Subject: [Black Country] Spelling non gem and Messegers > Hi All > Well it seemed I have been chucked off the list > with out me knowing it , and it was not due to a full > mail box just my server , which I willl be phoning them > to complain >>From what I have gathered off Dave's email Some of you sent > me messages about my spelling which I did not get > and thank you to everyone , I have tried going in to tools and opions > but nothing is highlighted to click on to and spelling is missing so > not sure what to do and I have always used Outlook Express , it must > be down to having my compluter all stripped and some of the programs > not going back on properly > Thank you to everyone who tried to help > and May I wish all of You a Happy New Year > Cassy > > Cassy Franklin > List Owner Griffiths , > List Admin > BC, Wolverhampton , Potteries > ------------------------------------- > The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run > by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi All Well it seemed I have been chucked off the list with out me knowing it , and it was not due to a full mail box just my server , which I willl be phoning them to complain >From what I have gathered off Dave's email Some of you sent me messages about my spelling which I did not get and thank you to everyone , I have tried going in to tools and opions but nothing is highlighted to click on to and spelling is missing so not sure what to do and I have always used Outlook Express , it must be down to having my compluter all stripped and some of the programs not going back on properly Thank you to everyone who tried to help and May I wish all of You a Happy New Year Cassy Cassy Franklin List Owner Griffiths , List Admin BC, Wolverhampton , Potteries

Merry Xmas and a happy new year to Dave and Cassy. Thanks for all your hard work both, and making it all possible. Val

Hi Polly, Merry Christmas! I enjoyed reading your Christmas letter. You have been and I expect still are a very busy girl. I remember you telling me once that we probably would be connected, well some where in a very convoluted connection I found a Holmes/ Rowbery connection. Small world. Yorkie

Wishing all Listers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May all your brickwalls come a' tumbling down. Cheers to you all!!! You make all this worth it by your great posts. Dave 8-) Wednesbury England Listowner: The Black Country, Staffordshire, The Potteries, Ironbridge, Leek & Lowe, Wolverhampton etc.,

Wishing all Listers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May all your brickwalls come a' tumbling down. Cheers to you all!!! You make all this worth it by your great posts. Dave 8-) Wednesbury England Listowner: The Black Country, Staffordshire, The Potteries, Ironbridge, Leek & Lowe, Wolverhampton etc.,

To all on the List My thanks for all the help and interest that you have provided me with in 2009 and in return I'd like to offer you my kindest best wishes for tomorrow, and the link to my online card, which is here: www.rowberry.org/xmas09.html There's an invitation in the newsletter which anyone local is welcome to take up! Happy Christmas and all the best in 2010! Polly

As a comment of spelling and the Black Country, I send the following with best wishes to all. A Black Country farrier sent the following bill. afechinthoss 2d ashooinim 2d atechinimumagen 2d

Searching for Westwood from Dudley - 1800's. Yorkie

Hi All, I don't think that Cassie is around at the moment, She's been chucked off the list due to bounces from her full mailbox <g>. I can't resub her until She empties it! Dave 8-) Wednesbury England Listowner: The Black Country, Staffordshire, The Potteries, Ironbridge, Leek & Lowe, Wolverhampton etc., -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Longmore Sent: 23 December 2009 19:32 To: [email protected] Cc: cassy Subject: [Black Country] (no subject) Cassy, We hope you, Ray and the family, and all the good people of the Black Country, have a very happy and peaceful Christmas. We also hope that the New Year brings everything that you wish for. Talk to you soon BILL

Cassy, We hope you, Ray and the family, and all the good people of the Black Country, have a very happy and peaceful Christmas. We also hope that the New Year brings everything that you wish for. Talk to you soon BILL

Cassy, I think that you need to do the following: 1. Select Tools 2. Select Options (last item on the list of choices under Tools) 3. Select Spelling (on the row of tabs at the top the Options box) 4. Click on the box alongside "Always check spelling before sending" 5. Click on OK Hope this works OK for you. Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year - and Good (ancestor) Hunting! Ken. In rural West Sussex, U.K. ----- Original Message ----- From: "cassy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 7:06 PM Subject: [Black Country] Spelling non gem > Hi All > I have just had my Compluter all done and I am > still putting things back on it , but I am using outlook > express , but the spel checker wont work , its not high lighted , gone > into tools to try and do it but again thats not > highlighted > Can anyone advice please > Cheers > > Cassy > > List Owner Griffiths , > List Admin > BC, Wolverhampton , Potteries > ------------------------------------- > The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run > by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes, Cassy, Jane is right. It is really instructive for those of us who want to learn to speak B.C. We treasure your innovative style! Lois Sometimes can barely understand it -----Original Message----- From: Jane Wettstone <[email protected]> To: Ken Wilson-Wheeler <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Wed, Dec 23, 2009 8:19 am Subject: Re: [Black Country] Spelling non gem Dear Cassy, As our Black Country Poster Wench you really can't expect the spell checker to work. You are better at writing in true Black Country dialog than anyone else in this group. Microsoft will never understand the real way of speaking and writing. Our group is better for your wonderful way of expressing yourself. Let the spell checker go. Jane Can't speak that way even if I try. ------------------------------------- The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Well said, Jane. Yorkie

Have you installed Microsoft Word? Outlook Express uses the spell-checker which comes with that. Otherwise you have to get a third-party spell-checker. David. ----- Original Message ----- From: "cassy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 7:06 PM Subject: [Black Country] Spelling non gem > Hi All > I have just had my Compluter all done and I am > still putting things back on it , but I am using outlook > express , but the spel checker wont work , its not high lighted , gone > into tools to try and do it but again thats not > highlighted > Can anyone advice please > Cheers > > Cassy > > List Owner Griffiths , > List Admin > BC, Wolverhampton , Potteries > ------------------------------------- > The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run > by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

--- On Wed, 23/12/09, Pete & Lin Lamberg <[email protected]> wrote: From: Pete & Lin Lamberg <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Black Country] Spelling non gem To: "cassy" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, 23 December, 2009, 8:42 Hi Cassy, go to Tools then Options, then click on 'Spelling.'  Have a lovely Xmas from Linda.   --- On Tue, 22/12/09, cassy <[email protected]> wrote: From: cassy <[email protected]> Subject: [Black Country] Spelling non gem To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 22 December, 2009, 19:06 Hi All I have just had  my Compluter all done  and I am still putting things back on it , but I am using  outlook express , but the spel checker wont work , its not high lighted , gone into tools to try and do it but again thats not highlighted Can  anyone  advice  please Cheers Cassy List Owner Griffiths , List Admin BC, Wolverhampton , Potteries ------------------------------------- The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Cassy, As our Black Country Poster Wench you really can't expect the spell checker to work. You are better at writing in true Black Country dialog than anyone else in this group. Microsoft will never understand the real way of speaking and writing. Our group is better for your wonderful way of expressing yourself. Let the spell checker go. Jane Can't speak that way even if I try.

Hi All I have just had my Compluter all done and I am still putting things back on it , but I am using outlook express , but the spel checker wont work , its not high lighted , gone into tools to try and do it but again thats not highlighted Can anyone advice please Cheers Cassy List Owner Griffiths , List Admin BC, Wolverhampton , Potteries